If you’re reading this article, you may be looking for recommendations on becoming a successful personal trainer. You want everyone to know you’re the professional who gets their clients fantastic results and provides great pieces of advice on how to perform exercises correctly and develop an effective workout programme.
Do you already have a diploma? The idea of becoming a personal trainer just popped into your mind? Do you have the required qualifications to apply for an open position with one of your local fitness centres? Do you want to become a freelance personal trainer who works with clients on an individual level?
This post can help you jumpstart your career no matter what path you choose. But having a sense of personal self-awareness is useful because it tells you your strengths and weaknesses and how to use them to your advantage.
Now, let’s get wind of the tips that can help you fire up your career.
Chapter Overview
Figure out what exercising routine works best for your client
Everybody is unique and reacts differently to exercise. As an expert personal trainer, you need to test different types of exercises and routines with your clients to see which one fits them best. For example, some individuals respond better to dumbbell press exercises while others have greater results from barbell chest press. As previously mentioned, each individual is unique, and you need to try different approaches until you identify the one that fits them best.
After each training session, ask your client a series of questions.
- How sore did you get?
- Do you like the workout programme?
- Have you experienced any kind of discomfort during or after exercise?
It’s essential to develop a cookie-cutter workout for each client.
By personalising your training sessions according to your clients’ needs, you build the reputation of an excellent personal trainer who individualises workouts for optimal results. Remember that the gym is an intimidating environment for people who have never exercised before, and you need to keep them focused and help them build confidence.
Fix your clients’ muscular imbalances
Before building a training programme for a client, evaluate their body to pinpoint and correct muscular imbalances, as most individuals experience body dysmorphia these days. Corrective exercise training and stretching is quite helpful.
People with muscular imbalances have a greater chance to injure themselves while working out, and the last thing you need is one of your clients to get hurt while training with you. Gym injuries prevent people from progressing because they impact their confidence and force them to become more sedentary while they recover.
So, it’s vital to ensure your clients have proper strength and flexibility before encouraging them to perform the set of exercises you develop for them.
Track progress quantitatively
Many fitness coaches overlook tracking progress in clients in the long run. It’s essential to check your client’s circumference measurements, weight, and body fat percentage every four weeks. It may be challenging to do it when you’re a busy fitness specialist, but it’s essential for your clients’ progress, and you shouldn’t skip it. The only time you don’t measure your client is when they don’t feel comfortable with it.
Tracking progress quantitatively enables your clients to see their progress since starting their journey with you. It’s enough motivation to continue to work with you and stick to their workout regimen and diet.
When working with clients of the opposite sex who’re not comfortable with you taking their measurements, ask them if they’d like for one of your colleagues (of the same sex) to do it for you. Or they can take the measurements on their own, according to the instructions you offer.
Manage your time like a pro
Certified personal trainers are busy specialists who work long hours to ensure their clients achieve their goals. If you want to follow this path, be ready to work with your clients on their preferred terms. You’ll have it easier to manage your time and deliver high-quality services if you collaborate with a virtual assistant to complete some tasks that don’t require your attention. A virtual assistant can manage social media marketing to establish a connection with your audience. They can post regularly on your social media accounts, respond to messages and comments, and help you create a relationship with your public. If you use a website to sell fitness products or online courses, they can also create content for your blog and high-quality articles for guest posting. Supposing you send newsletters to your clients to catch up and deliver recommendations, they can also produce content for emails and send newsletters regularly.
According to their preferences, a virtual assistant can also manage your agenda and schedule training sessions with your clients.
Bring in professionalism
As you may’ve already guessed, appearance matters a lot in your line of work. But only because you have a shredded body doesn’t mean you need to expose it in front of your clients. You work in a big box gym, but your attire is as important in attracting clients as your skills and knowledge. Do not appear in tiny tops and shorts, or jeans and a shirt because you want to impress. Great fitness trainers present themselves well. If the gym you work for doesn’t have branded attire for trainers, buy sportswear from a specialised store. If you’re a freelance personal trainer, brand your T-shirt with your name to help clients track you down on social media.
Also, it would help if you worked on your posture and relationship with your clients. A skilled trainer doesn’t appear lost when clients don’t know how to perform an exercise or highlight an issue. Focus your entire attention on your clients and provide them value for the services they pay. The kind of vibe you send to your clients can push your career further.
Also, it’s crucial to know when to push your clients, especially if they engage in strenuous workouts. Research the market and catch up with fellow coaches to find out when they don’t push their clients further. Rome was not built in a day, and you won’t get your clients their dream body in a month.
We hope this article helps you figure out how to become a better personal trainer for your clients.